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a. MOHAMMED. COMBINATION CHAIR AND IRONQNG BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED mi 28 I920 Patented Nov. 23, 1920.

GIUB MOHAMMED, F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

OQMBINATION CHAIR AND IBOHHIG-BOABD. I

Ipeeification of Letters Yatent.

Patented Nov. 23, 1920.

Application filed June 28, 1920. Serial No. 392,857.

'1 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I Gus Mouemunn, a subject of the Turkish Ruler, residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michi- 6 an, have invented certain new and useful mprovements in Combination Chairs and Ironin Boards; and I do hereby declare the ioll owing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention. such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appartains to make and use the some.

is'invention relates to a combined chair and ironing board and consists substantially of a strong chair, provided with a displaceable back, so arranged that by a simple manipulation of the buck the some will take the form of an ironing board, the chair being also provided with a hinged seat which acts as n. so port for the forward end of the ironing card when said seat is raised to a Vertical position.

The principal object of the invention is to rovide a device of this character, simple in construction and operation, which may he used as a chair alone but which cunbe quickly and conveniently readjusted to form an ironing board and by reason of its novel construction, can he so adjusted that the ironing board will he supported in such a. manner that a substantial and well balanced mick-of furniture will be produced.

stated the invention comprises a chair or a substantial type provided with the .11 stiles or back supporting posts, hea tween which is slidably positioned a. solid it the term of an ironing beard, made sections hinged together, the upper 0% of the stiles being provided with pivotpins pted to! sliding engagement with my; provided on the opposite side 11 of the. mild back section, so that said he wiiil: be mounted for both vertiswivwng movement on the pivot 'Pho hinge section of the. heck is es to. be i l; or elevated by I; 1 the inner ends of said rods 41 engagement with guide/ways z i on the inner faces of the chair or hock supporting posts. The seat I. w th: chm? 11s hinged at its front edge and I r: who to a vertical osition x 1 the forward end of t e ironboard when. the back is so adjusted, the M the board. being sup-ported by the w upon the pivot pins. h M partying drawings, in which i like numerals designate like parts throughout the several figures:

Figure 1 illustrates the manner of supporting the ironing board upon the chair;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof;

Fig. 3 is a plan view;

Fig. 4 shows the device in its colle sible position, assuming the form of an or inary chair;

Fig. 5 is a rear elevation;

Fig. 6 is a detail view showing the hinged connection between the two sections of the ironing board and a part of the guideway in the mainsection and means of securing the bracket rod to the hinged section; and

Fig. 7 is a detail, partly in section illustrating the sliding connection between the guidewuy of the ironing board and the pivot pin in the upper end of the chair stile.

Referring to the drawings in detail, particularly Fig. 1, the chair 1 is providedwith the usual front and rear supporting legs 2 and 3 and back supporting posts orstiles 4. Positioned between the stiles 4 is a solid back, of ironing board Shit e, comprising a main section 5 and a hinge section 6. At the upper ends of each of the stiles 4 are provided pivot pins 7 which are adapted to slid within, and engage guidewa s 8 urrunged on the opposite side edges 0 the main section 5. Supporting the hinged section 6 and secured thereto by straps 7 are bracket rods 8 the inner ends of said rods iieing mounted for sliding engagement in guideways 9 arranged on the inner face! of the stiles 4.

For supporting the forward end of the ironi board the sent 10 of the chair is pivots y secured to the forward edge the-reof one} adapted to be raisedto a vertical position, as clearly shown in Fig. I, the rear end of the main section of the board being supported upon the pivot pin The rear end of the board being supported upon the upper ends of the stile 4 elevatcs the ironing board to such an extent that the seat itself when elevated is not sufiicient tosnpport the ironing. board in a horizon-tot position and therefore some extensible means will haveto be provided. To accomplish this the inner or u of seat is pr0- vided with a horizontal recess 11, terminating in two vertical recesses 12, which recesses are.

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vs in outwardly extending spring legs or end portions which lit within the horizontal recess ll and vertical recesses 12 respectively, when the seat is in its closed. posit1on. When the seat is elevated, as :1 support for the forward end of the ironing board, the spring support 13 is partly withdrawn from the recesses it and 12 and held in this position by the shoulders 14- snapping over the upper outer edges of the recesses 12, owing to the pring like tendency of the downwardly extending legs of the support 13. A slight inrwowl pressure on these legs will allow the said support 13 to telescope within the im-esses 1]. and 12 when desired.

When the device is used as a chair alone as illustrated in Figs 4 and 5, the main secfirm 5- ol the ironing board will be vertically positioned between the stiles 4 of the chair and the hinged section f3 will be folded down and lie flat against the main section 5, as clearly shown in the drawing, the spring support i3 being teiesvoped within the seat 10 and the seat closed in its normal position.

In comer-ting the chair into an ironing board the main section 5, carrying with. it

the hinge section 6, is elevated sufficiently to allow the lower end of the main section to clear the seat frame of the chair, the guideways 8 cooperating with the pivot pin 7 in an obvious manner. During this movement the bracket rods 8 which are in sliding engagement with the guideways 9 on the chair stiles 4.:1rc also elevated, the guideways 9 being long enough to'allow the main section 5 to clear the seat frame Vhen the section 5 is elevated suflicientl t to allow the lower end thereof to clear the seat frame said section is drawn forward and downward and then swung upwardly about the pivot pin. 7

until said section assumes a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 1, wherein the pivot pins 7 are at the extreme rear ends of the uideways 8. During this movement the hinge section 6 will be caused to strai hten out in line with the main section 5. fter both of the sections 5 and 6 are in their horizontal positions the seat 10 is elevated and the spring su aort 13 withdrawnfrom the recesses 11 an l2 assuming the position as clearly shown in Fig. 2, the upper portion of said sprin sup )oi't fitting in small recesses inthe un er side of the ironing board, pro vided for the urpose. 5

In this position of the ironing board, with respect to the chair, it will be noted that the supports for theironing board, comprising the chair back posts 4 and the elevated seat 10, are so "positioned that the ironing board is well balanced thereon and the Wei t thereofequally distributed, The boxthe seat frame may conveniently be used for holding sad irons when the same are not in cal position, said back fiUllll'lllSil'lg a main section and a hinge section positioned between the stiles of the chair back, grooved guideways along the opposite side edges of the rear half of the main section, pivot pins carried by the upper end of each stile for sliding engagement; with the guideways, permitting the elevation of both sections and the subsequent forward extension of said main section and means connecting the hinged section to the chair stiles, for simultaneously extei'iding and supporting said hinged section upon the forward extension of the main Section, to form an ironing board and a Phort for the forward end of said ironing board ron'iprising the vertically ele vated hinged sent.

2. In a chair, the combination with a displaceable back, adapted to form an ironing board, of a seat pivoted to swing to a vertical position,said back coinprisin a main section and a hin e section positloned between the stiles o the chair back, grooved guideways along the opposite side edges of the rear half of the main section, pivot pins carried by the upper end of each stile for sliding engagement with the guideways, permitting the elevation of both sections and the subsequent forward extension of said main section, bracket rods pivotally conneeted to the hinged section and having their opposite ends slidably positioned in guideways carried by the chair stiles, for simultaneously extending and supporting said hinged section upon the forward. extension of the main section, to form an ironing board and a support for the forward end of said ironing board comprising the vertically elevated hinged seat.

In a chair, the combination with a displaceable back, adapted to form anironing board, of a seat pivoted at the forward edge of the chair to swing to a vertical position, a recess formed in the upper or inner edge of said seat, a bent spring supportin rod carried within said recess and adapte to be extended therefrom to form a support for the forward end of the ironing board, when the back is so adjusted, and the rear of said board so ported between the stiles of the chair g In testimony whereof I aflix my si nature. 

